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Here I interviewed Robert Swinney and talked with him about his experiences with integration and segregation growing up.

In this interview, we talked about important political issues and generally the history of my grandmother’s life.

In this interview on November 29th, 2020 in Tijeras, New Mexico, Julianna McDonald (17) interviews her grandma, Elaine West (74) as she reflects about her childhood and breaking through her own barriers later in her life through her inspiring interracial...

Me talking with my mom about her upbringing and her family’s impact on the world.

Joyce Frye, resident of Morrison Village (2503 Old Mobile Ave, Pascagoula, MS 39567) is interviewed by Reba Brown, Library Assistant 1 from Singing River Genealogy-Local History Library on Thursday, May 16, 2019. Ms. Frye discusses her pets, why she moved...

Grandpa Jerry (78) and grandson AJ (17) talk about how Jerry lived during the 1960s and what he did for his normal life and how major things during this time affected him.

The story behind a typical 40's era family photo has had an effect far beyond it's vintage.

The life and struggles of the african american people in Mississippi and the hero’s that are often not talked about in these cities and the impacts they had on the occupants of those towns lives and influence on them to...

My mother, a JSU graduate, talks about the day the Jackson State Killings occurred.

Steve Desroches (47) talks to Candace Perry (74) about her life as a playwright.

In this interview I ask my mom some questions about our family history.

Me talking with my mom about her upbringing and her family’s impact on the world

Kendra Cook, 17, great niece. Margaret Williams,74, great aunt. Discussion of Margaret's childhood life in Mississippi before moving to Chicago and experiencing life in the 60s during the Civil Rights Movement and important people during that time.

Me and my best friend sit down to have an opened discussion about college

In this interview, conducted in Flint, Michigan during November 2018, Zakaria Brame interviews her God-Grandfather, Jim Jackson, about his teenage years in Greenwood, Mississippi. He shares memories of playing music and being in a band throughout high school and college...

Today, I, Lacey Clark, talked with Bonnie Curry in Oxford, Mississippi about what it was like growing up in the south. The interview was held November 18, 2018. We talked about her experience with racism. Bonnie was born in 1947,...

Joe Riley, Mayor of Charleston for 40 years, civil rights activist and Professor at The Citadel interviews longtime friend, Dr. Cleveland Sellers. They talk about what really happened during the Orangeburg Massacre in 1968 and why the event still needs...

In this interview, recorded on November 21, 2018 in Oxford, Mississippi, 13 year-old Mina Kang interviews her dad's co-worker, Dale Bramlett (67 years-old) about her life growing up in Mississippi. Mrs. Bramlett shares her stories of racial segregation and her...